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March 2016
Mon
14
Mar
Green College Resident Members' Series
David Gill Community and Regional Planning; Idaliya Grigoryeva, Geography; Adam Yang, Sociology
Join Ida, Adam, and David for a global urban tour that will make you reflect upon the conflict and creativity behind the spaces we live in.
Mon
21
Mar
Green College Resident Members' Series
Maya Lefkowich, Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
From her research on community-based men’s health programs and Men’s Sheds, Maya will grapple with: barriers that many men often face in addressing their health, challenges that service providers experience in reaching men, meaningful research practices for working with men, and opportunities for change.
April 2016
Mon
4
Apr
Green College Resident Members' Series
Genevieve Breau, Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
In this talk, Genevieve Breau will discuss why people with Intellectual Disabilities have significantly lower breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening rates, relative to the general population—and why the reasons for these disparities are poorly understood.
Mon
11
Apr
Green College Resident Members' Series
Johannes Rebane, School of Population and Public Health
In this talk, Johannes Rebane will present an overview of the current state of workplace mental health and discuss ways in which the management and medical sciences can work together to find effective and practical solutions to this issue.
Mon
18
Apr
Green College Resident Members' Series
Rachele Benjamin, Psychology
How would you feel if you woke up tomorrow, and all of your furniture was on the ceiling? This talk explores the various consequences of uncertainty, and how we behave in the face of meaninglessness.
May 2016
Mon
2
May
Green College Resident Members' Series
Anupama Sharan, Chemical and Biological Engineering
In this talk, Anupama will draw on her thesis work, which is focused on examining a specific industrial waste—pulp and paper mill sludge—as a feedstock for development of a circular bioprocess around this industry.
September 2016
Mon
26
Sep
Green College Resident Members' Series
Silu Wang, Zoology
Camping nomadically for months is the summer life of many wildlife biologists. This talk will tell the story of three naturalistic girls who study the melodious warblers in the old-growth forests—and found themselves on a life-changing adventure.
October 2016
Mon
3
Oct
Green College Resident Members' Series
Christine "Xine" Yao, English
What might the imaginative and affective conditions for revolution look like? In this presentation Xine will undertake a three-part discussion of how this question undergirds her research, teaching, and outreach via the iTunes podcast PhDivas.
Mon
17
Oct
Green College Resident Members' Series
Brent Holmes Journalism; Mackenzie Lockhart, Political Science; Aidan Davis, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice
Donald Trump's campaign in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election has created numerous problems for journalists and political scientists. Join us for this panel as we take a look at these problems from multiple perspectives: journalism, political science, and social justice.
Mon
24
Oct
Green College Resident Members' Series
Maya Lefkowich, Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program; Dan Carney, Physics and Astronomy
This talk will highlight the ways in which ignorance can be operationalized to improve the rigour of academic work, and the art of asking questions. Examples will be drawn from statistics, physics, qualitative research, and gender dynamics in order to illustrate the importance of how much we don’t know.